President Of Chile Research Articles

Chile: Christian Democracy to Marxism

Increasingly alone as a stable republican nation in Latin America, Chile has long been a favorite subject for North American scholars and journalists. Every six years, as it faces a presidential election, the world press breathlessly rediscovers that this long slim country confronts its public problems within the framework of a developed, democratic political system. When in 1964 Chile placed a young idealistic party in power behind Eduardo Frei, an unquestionably intelligent figure of austere but charismatic bearing, this country became a favorite model for the advocates of democratic reformism in Latin America and soon was receiving the highest United States foreign aidper capitain Latin America. Thus it came as a shock that the Chilean electorate could turn its back on Frei's administration in 1970 by favoring the rightist and Marxist candidates. For those who saw in the government of Frei a basic alternative to Marxist models for Latin America, the free election of an avowed Marxist as the President of Chile presents additional problems.

Chilean President's Statement on Negotiations for Government Acquisition of Anaconda Company Properties

Chilean President's Statement on Negotiations for Government Acquisition of Anaconda Company Properties

Public Health in Chile

THE March issue of the Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana contains a survey by Dr. Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president of Chile, on the present state of public health in the Republic. Since the end of 1939 the country has been free from epidemic disease with the exception of one or two sporadic cases of typhus. Whereas, in 1938, 70 percent of the conscripts serving in America contracted malaria, in 1940, there was not a single case. Special attention has been given to maternal and child welfare, and it is hoped that the present high infant mortality will be considerably reduced in two or three years. A scheme of medical attention is being planned to provide for mothers from the onset of pregnancy and for children from birth until they are able to work. The acute housing problem is being solved by providing hygienic and comfortable homes for workers at a low cost. Popular restaurants served approximately 2,000,000 meals to 1,000,000 persons in 1939, and 4,000,000 meals to 1,200,000 in 1940 ; 5,000,000 pesos have been allocated to aid deserted mothers and children as well as other handicapped persons.

The New President of Chile

The New President of Chile

The Chilean President’s Attack on Graft

Essay| September 01 1921 The Chilean President’s Attack on Graft Current History (1921) 14_Part-2 (3): 1085. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1921.14P2.3.1085 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation The Chilean President’s Attack on Graft. Current History 1 September 1921; 14_Part-2 (3): 1085. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1921.14P2.3.1085 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentCurrent History Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1921 by The Regents of the University of California1921 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Presidential Election in Chile

Arturo Alessandri, whose inauguration as president of Chile took place on December 23, entered upon his five-year term as the victor in a political campaign which attracted attention beyond his own country. He is the first member of the Radical party, and the first representative of the middle class, to attain the Chilean presidency. His friends assert, too, that he is the first and only “dry” South American president.